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B. W. STR|NGFELLOW ResmENT WHEEL.

I APPLICATION HLED DEC' 4| |915. 1,193,733. Patented Aug. 8,1916.

' f' MTC@ @kW-(S+ P l HSTQHQW i MTE@ STTES vBRU'GE WILLIAM STRIE'GFELLOW, 0F ELKWOD, VIRGINIA, ASSEGNR, G3? ONE- FORTIETI-I T0 VSEVIEIRT M. NOTTINGHAM, 0F CULPEPIER, VIEGNEA, fifi-T33? NE- FORTIETH TO OGLE R. SING-LETON, 0F WASHINGTON, BSTRCT 0F CLUMBEA.

RESILENT WHEEL Linares.

Application led December 14, 1915.

To all lwhom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, BRUCE WHMAM STRiNGFniLow, a citizen of the- United States, residing at Elkwood, in .the county of Culpeper and State of Virginia, have 11ivented certain new and useful improvements in Resilient Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a new and useful improvement in resilient wheels. 1t isv intended more particularly for automobile wheels.

It consists in a novel arrangement of the hub, spokes, rim and the elastic media interposed between the hub, spokes and rim.

The invention is designed to provide a wheel in which the weight imposed by the vehicle and the strain of traction when in motion are evenly distributed throughout the structure of the wheel, thus tending to increase the resistance of the wheel against excessive strain. The construction provides a wheel having such resiliency as to obviate the necessity for a pneumatic or otherwise resilient tire, to properly cushion the vehicle. The structure is so adapted as to oii'er suicient protection to prevent undue lateral movement by the rim, thus constantly securing the wheel in a properly vertical position.

The invention consists in the details of construction hereinafter pointed out.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of 'a portion of a.

wheel embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In these drawings, the numeral 1 designates a hub, from which radiate spokes 2, composed of lateral walls 2 and provided with supporting ribs 2", and having ends 3. Surrounding the ends 3, is the rim 4 of any ordinary type suitable for the publication of a solid tire of the usual type. Attached to the inner side of the riin 4 is the felly 5, passing between the lateral walls 2 of the spokes 2. Spring bearing cups 6, located.v

between the lateral walls 2, adjacent to the felly 5, are connected therewith'by bolts 7 At the ends of the spokes 2, adjacent to the hub 1, between the lateral walls 2', are located spring bearing cups 8. interposed between the cups 6 and .8, having their ends Specification of Letters Patent.

,nectionsn within the spokes,

Patented fing. S, 11.2%?.

Serial No. 66,725.

bearing therein, are the helical springs 9, under slight compression. Located upon the periphery of the hub 1, interposed between the spoke 2, and concentric therewith, are the spring bearing cups 10. Aliixed to the inner side of the felly 5, at points equi-distant from the ends 3 of adjacent spokes 2, are located plates 11, having spring bearin cups l2, each cup having its axis in line wit theaxis of' its opposite cup 10. The plates have also pairs of spring bearing cups 13, one on each side of the cup 12, each cup 13 having its axis at right angles to its adjacent spoke 2. Spring bearing cups 14 are located upon the sides of the spokes 2, aiiixed to the lateral walls 2. Each cup 14 has its axis in line with 'its adjacent cup 13. interposed between the cups 10 and l2, having their ends bearing therein, are helical springs 15, under slight compression. Interposed between the cups 13 and 14, having their ends bearing therein, are the helical springs 16, under slight compression.

' Having described my invention, what I lclaim is 1. A. wheel, having a hub, radial spokes integral therewith and provided withforked ends, a rim carried between the sides of the .forked ends by resilient connections directly connections within the spokes, and a single resilient connection between each side of each spoke and the rim.

2. A wheel, having a hub, radial spokes integral therewith and provided with forked ends, a riin carried between the sides of the forked ends by resilient connections directly with the hub, within the spokes, resilient connections bearing upon the rim at one end and directly upon the hub at the other end, such connections alternating with the cony and a single resilient connection between each side of each s Oke and the rim, such connections being a apted at "right" angles to the line of each spoke.

a folly, passing through the forked ends of In testimony whereof I ajiix my signature the spokes and seated upon hehca springs 1n the, presence of two Witnesses.

within 'Lne spokes bearmg upon the hub, and BRUCE WILLIAM STRINGFELLOW.

provided Wwh bearing plates, interposed bel5 tween theA spokes, having hehcal springs Witnesses:

bearing upon the hub and. helical springs' 1' S. M. NOTTINGHAM, bearing against the sides of the Spokes. E. NOTHNGHAM, Jr. Copies of this patent may he obtained. for ve cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. W 

